'The Newsroom' premiere on HBO tonight

[Dpantherman]

[Doyle]

It may certainly be a hit but it doesn't look like something I would watch.

[Dpantherman]

Its not something I'd usually watch either, but I want something new to watch, so I'm going to try it

[CatofWar]

We are gonna give it a go.

[Anybodyhome]

Yeah, I'm in. Same writers as West Wing- one of the best network shows ever....

[CatofWar]

Thought it was excellent. Looking forward to next week

[Dpantherman]

First 10 minutes was compelling. I'll watch the rest tomorrow in DVR

[Montsta]

Awesome show. Jeff Daniels was brilliant. Will definitely be adding this to my DVR record list. And yes, the opening scene at the college was amazing.

[Dpantherman]

Full pilot episode

[Anybodyhome]

It was pretty good, but they really went over the top to get people hating Jeff Daniel's character. Following the college "speech," it wasn't difficult to hate him after 5 minutes, but they kept pushing the issue for about another 30....

.... we get it, he's an a**hole, now can we move on and try to learn something about the other characters while continuing to drive the plot line? or will this be a new story every week?

[Ken]

Good 1st ep. Wasn't going to watch it but gave it a try and was pleasantly surprised.

The college scene was done fantasticly well and was the perfect way to make ppl like myself, who were pessimistic about watching it, to do so.

Interesting that they chose Katrina as the opening storyline and I'm wondering if this will be the main news story or if there will be others this season.

Given the foreshadowing, it seems that the show will have inhouse romance/tension between the main characters for better or worse, well see.

Anyways, this show is a bit different from what I usually watch, but I'm thoroughly looking forward to the rest of the season.

[Iceberg Slim]

I had no interest in watching this but imma give it a try based on what I've seen written so far.......hope it is good

[X-Clown]

Interesting that they chose Katrina as the opening storyline and I'm wondering if this will be the main news story or if there will be others this season.

It wasn't Katrina, it was the BP oil spill.

[Anybodyhome]

It wasn't Katrina, it was the BP oil spill.

But if they're gonna use real stories, we've got some good ones to look forward to...